Pirates vs. Cubs Odds & Betting Predictions - August 16, 2025

Pirates at Cubs

6:20 pm • Fox Sports 1

Pittsburgh Pirates

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Chicago Cubs

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pitcher		team	era	w-l
S.Imanaga			3.73	9-8
M.Burrows			3.94	2-4

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Pirates 31-28	+1.5	+1.5-110	o8.5-125	+184
Cubs 32-27	u9.5	-1.5-110	u8.5+105	-229

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Saturday 6:20 p.m.

August 16, 2025

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CHC -1.5-105

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Over 8.5-115

1.15u

Under 9-105

1u

PIT +1.5-105

1u

Under 0.5 (1st Inn)-106

1u

Under 9-105

0.5u

Under 9.5-122

0.5u

Bet to 9 (-115)

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MLB Public Betting

Cubs are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Cubs are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cubs are 12-18 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 4 of Cubs' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 15 of Cubs' 29 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	24-35	12-17	12-18	15-23	9-12
Pirates	30-29	15-17	15-12	17-17	12-12

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cubs	33-26	15-14	18-12	19-19	14-7
Pirates	32-25-2	21-11	11-14-2	22-12	9-13-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	32-27	18-11	14-16	22-16	10-11
Pirates	31-28	17-15	14-13	20-14	10-14

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Aug 15th	PIT	L 2-3	-1.5 L	U 8.5	PIT -194
Aug 14th	@TOR	L 1-2	-1.5 L	U 7.5	TOR -118
Aug 13th	@TOR	W 4-1	+1.5 W	U 8.5	CHC +112
Aug 12th	@TOR	L 1-5	+1.5 L	U 9	TOR +106
Aug 10th	@STL	L 2-3	-1.5 L	U 7.5	STL -135

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Justin Steele
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PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
RM.Burrows, P		68	5	4	1
RK.Nicolas, P		25	2	1	0
LE.Sisk, P		6	0.1	0	2
RY.Ramirez, P		10	0.2	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Triolo, SS	2-4	0	0	0
2T.Pham, LF	1-3	1	1	1
3B.Reynolds, RF	0-4	0	0	0
4N.Gonzales, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
5A.McCutchen, DH	0-4	0	0	0
6J.Bart, C	0-3	0	0	0
7L.Peguero, 1B	1-3	0	0	0
7S.Horwitz, PH	0-1	0	0	0
8A.Canario, CF	0-3	0	0	0
9I.Kiner-Falefa, 3B	0-3	0	0	0

PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
LS.Imanaga, P		85	7	6	1
RA.Kittredge, P		15	1	2	0
RB.Keller, P		20	1	3	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Busch, 1B	1-4	0	0	0
2K.Tucker, RF	2-4	2	0	0
3S.Suzuki, DH	2-4	1	0	1
4P.Crow-Armstrong, CF	0-1	0	0	0
5C.Kelly, C	1-4	0	0	1
6I.Happ, LF	0-2	0	0	0
7N.Hoerner, 2B	2-4	0	0	1
8D.Swanson, SS	0-4	0	0	0
9M.Shaw, 3B	1-3	0	0	0

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MatchupOverUnder
Pirates 31-28	N/A	N/A
Cubs 32-27	N/A	N/A